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Date:   Fri, 02 Feb 2001 09:39:19 +0100
From: Arjan Knepper <arjan@jak.nl>
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I'm using a PCMCIA CARDBUS version of the card in -CURRENT
whitout any problems
sofar. I don't have experience with the PCI or ISA versions of
Realtec. I prefer
the Intel E100B and the 3COM 3C905B PCI boards.

"Koster, K.J." wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> >
> > I usually don't recommend the 8139/29 for anything that is
> > expected to work consistently. The cards work alright, but
> > I prefer to stick to Digital or Intel based NICs for
> > important tasks.
> >
> While it's obviously well established that these cards should be used as
> doorstops (and they would even suck at that) my idea was that there may be
> someone out there who can make the driver at least not hang up the line.
> Force it hard to 10mbit, or even reset the card for each and every packet
> sent, fork the code for this chip into src/pci/if_sucks.c, but at least make
> it work.
>
> I don't intent to use this brand for anything but toilet paper, but I keep
> running into people who have these cards. If people in the store and have to
> choose between a us$20 realtek and a us$100 3com they go for the realtek.
> Right now we're sending them back to the store to spend the extra us$80. I'd
> find the person who'd make the driver work around this card a hero.
>
>     Kees Jan
>
> ================================================
>  You are only young once,
>        but you can stay immature all your life.
>
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